Being Christine

my life wouldnt be my life if it unfolded any other way than it does.

i believe it was the beginning of the summer when my roomie and i first noticed a little wet spot on our bathroom ceiling. we could hear water running from the apartment above. phone calls were made. the spot got bigger. then came the mold. mind you, i believe the building already has its fair share of water damage because the neighbor on the top floor has told anyone who will listen about it. but here's a picture after they scraped the spot once. so take what you see there and picture it looking a lot worse initially. oh, and notice the paint chipping on the window, which i believe is another sign of mold.


so with each time maintenance "fixed" the leak, we had to wait for things to "dry out" before they could come back and repaint. yep, thats their solution - fix the leak and repaint. the biggest problem about this is that you cant get rid of mold simply by painting over it. fast forward a few months to sunday. i heard water running again. and the picture above is what it looked like plus a water drip. mold city. maintenance gets called on monday and they say theyll have someone over on wednesday. thank you for making leaking, running water a priority! wednesday comes and we're left with a note that says that maintenance has been called off site and will be back tomorrow. you're fantastic! all the while, water keeps running above and slowly drips above our toilet. fun times. i came home yesterday only to see that they had stopped by and created some, what im assuming is temporary, solution to the problem. they screwed a large plastic sheet of something into the ceiling.


is the water still running? yep. is the ceiling still leaking? yep. wtf? needless to say, neither myself nor my roommate are happy. so my roomie bought mold testing kits. and these tests are just testing the air.



so right now, the roomie is pretty motivated at ripping these people new assholes in the most legal way possible. she's been on the phone pretty consistently talking to all sorts of people. if i didnt take the water damage into consideration, the mold problem alone is highly toxic and a health hazard. my asthma is LOVING this. so it looks like i may be looking for a new apartment in the relatively near future. but we'll see how this goes. so far the lady we deal with is fighting with us over this. my roomie even went so far as to invite her into the apartment so she could see it all for herself. i dont think she's going to take us up on that offer.

the good news is that if we do get out of our lease, i'd be able to live by myself again. the bad news is that i'll be broke all over again. yay!